Early right whales cause early closure of Canadian fisheries

Theory and reality have collided in the Gulf of St. Lawrence fishery. 

In spring Canada’s Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Dominic LeBlanc, introduced a series of conservation measures to prevent a repeat of the deaths of several North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in 2017. Last year the whales, which traditionally spent summers in the Bay of Fundy, moved to the much busier waters of the Gulf, where 12 died from blunt force trauma and gear entanglements.…


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